Trick Or Drugs?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-46057921
I hope these turn out not to be what they look like.

[emmie]

what an appalling thing to do to little children.

[ludwig]

An American acquaintance of mine said that nothing over there is accepted unless it comes in a sweet manufacturer's sealed packaging.

There've been too many incidents of sickos putting stuff into homemade cookies etc.

[retrocop]

Ludwig
Not according to Gness.

[Mamyalynne]

Gness actually said that she never experienced that during her time in Canada.

[Mamyalynne]

I can understand caution when there are people out there with evil intentions.

[spathiphyllum]

People can only talk from personal experience. I've never heard from anyone first hand about evils being in candy. I did see last year needles being in some UK candy, but that all went quiet didn't it? Half of it is attention seeking / warning people of potential dangers.

[retrocop]

//Gness actually said that she never experienced that during her time in Canada.//
Yes and implied that my sister made it up. I would suggest my sister spent a lot longer iin Canada then Gness probably did. Mid 60s to death Dec 2017. She taught High school there all her working life.

[Tilly2]

Perhaps York County was less safe than Calgary?

[retrocop]

Could well be but the provinces are all in Canada at the end of the day be it Ontario or Calgary